The New York Yankees took the lead in the top of the first inning playing the Washington Nationals on a Giancarlo Stanton two-run homerun to kick off the Major League Baseball game of the season.
The 1st homer of 2020 belongs to @Giancarlo818. 💪 pic.twitter.com/Q1cZCu7m0E
— MLB (@MLB) July 23, 2020
Four months after the scheduled start of the regular season, Opening Day is being played in front of an empty stadium, as all games will be. Still, the stadium Jumbotron and ambient sounds like organ music operated.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases threw out the first pitch. It was *just a bit* outside.
Dr. Anthony Fauci threw out the first pitch before the Nationals-Yankees game. pic.twitter.com/04Tbkh7Voa
— ESPN (@espn) July 23, 2020